Rabies Immunization Clinics Planned. Bridge Appraisals Update
Ohio rabies cases rise to 21 in March with southwest areas hardest hit. Huron County health officials plan May pet immunization clinics, Sundays May 14 and 21, at multiple county sites with times to be announced. Linwood Bridge parcels valued in a two‑step appraisal. State officials say work may begin fall at earliest. City bids for vehicle insurance settled after bond error. Mack bid failed and coverage awarded to Bache, Furey and Myers. Charter Commission meeting set with live WLKR broadcast and Q&A options. Water department truck bids won by Don Tester Ford over Downtown Dodge.
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Ohio
Huron County Health Department
Sandusky Bay
Linwood Bridge
Wayne Goodsite
State Highway Department
Goodsite
Mack Insurance and Real Estate
Bache, Furey and Myers
Board of Control
Mack
WLKR
Charter Commission
City Hall
City Water Department
Norwalk Board of Control
Don Tester Ford
Dodge
Weather and community notices from Norwalk area
Partly cloudy and cool today with a high in the 40s. Clear and cold tonight with a low in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Wednesday bright but not as cool with a high in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Winds NE to N 12 to 20 mph today, easing tonight. Norwalk high 52 low 30. Humidity ranges from 96 percent at 7 a.m. to 68 percent at 1 p.m. Moonrise 9:01 p.m. Debut of marriage license applications lists multiple couples from Willard Monroeville and Norwalk. Death notices: Haegel 54 Milan, Sehnell 71 Milan, Niles 88 North Fairfield, Clough 64 Nova, Anderson 85 Norwalk, O Hara 67 New London.
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Norwalk
Mitchell Conley
Willard
Debra S. Gibson
Roger W. Geer
Monroeville
Patsy K. Cavalier
Charles J. Haegel
Milan
Irvin H. Sehnell
Martha Niles
North Fairfield
Savilla J Clough
Nova
Bessie J. Anderson
Lawrence E. O'Hara
New London
Bus radio on 2000 Ohio buses eases long rides
In Vinton County Ohio more than 2000 students ride buses up to 2.5 hours daily. All 40 buses now carry loudspeakers fed by a school radio station funded by a 146000 federal grant. The program targets students with top 40 music and school updates to boost morale and curb vandalism while drivers enjoy adult programming.
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Southeastern Ohio
Ec Club
Donny Osmond
Linda Mitchell
Donny
Osmond
Jackson Five
Secret Agent At Kent St Jailed In Weapons Case
Kent Ohio UPI Mohr a 25 year old who worked for Kent State University security was arrested with a Russian AK 47 and a Chinese RPG as he left his apartment. Police say he planned to pass the guns to a Kent State anti war group while claiming the weapons were inoperative. Mohr has served in the campus security force and the undercover unit and now faces illegal possession charges as federal agents inspect the weapons.
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Kent, Ohio
UPI
Kent State University
KSU
Katy Condron
KSU Information Service
Reinhold Mohr
Kent
Mohr
Mod
Special Investigation Division
Ken Johnson
Veterans Group
Alan Morris
Johnson
Morris
KSA
Howard Allison
Bruce Miller
Police Department
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Divisions
U.S. Treasury Department
N Viet Defenders Outflanked by North Vietnamese Drive toward Kontum
North Vietnamese infantry with artillery and tanks outflanked South Vietnamese defenses in the Central Highlands and pressed toward Kontum. Refugees stream toward Pleiku and Saigon as mortars hit Kontum airfield injuring three children and damaging aircraft. The offensive overran several government bases despite heavy bombing by B52s and air strikes.
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Air Vietnam
U.S
Highlands
Methodists Defeat Move to Censor Graham Remarks
United Methodist delegates rejected erasing a critical attack on evangelist Billy Graham labeling him a high priest of a new American folk religion. The clash occurred during the general conference as debates on church restructuring continued.
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Atlanta
United Methodist Church
Harry M. Gordon
Pennsylvania
Graham
Gordon
Tittinger
You And The Charter Changes In City Council
Norwalk voters would elect eight councilmen eight total four at large four from wards versus seven now. The charter sets a council president from the eight and requires 24 hour notice to councilmen before ordinances plus two readings and personal delivery of copies. Emergency passage would be limited and publication costs saved.
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Norwalk
Janet Conway
Charter change would slow passage of ordinances and curb emergencies
The proposed charter would require longer process to publish and pass ordinances, cut legal advertising, and raise emergency vote threshold. It mandates at least two monthly council meetings and limits emergency ordinances, with many actions previously possible now restricted.
Marching Mothers Reach Washington Rally Against Busing
A group of Protestant mothers led by Irene McCabe from Pontiac Michigan nears Washington after a 600 mile trek through Michigan Ohio West Virginia and Virginia to protest racial busing. They plan to present petitions to Congress on the Capitol steps. The trip has included 45 miles from Leesburg and 18 miles covered earlier in the trek.
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Leesburg, Va
UPI
Pontiac, Mich
Irene McCabe
Congress
Washington
Leesburg
Michigan
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Couple Crosses Ocean In Rowboat Without Romance
Pacific rowers John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook spoke in Sydney about their 8,000 mile voyage in a 35 foot boat. They said their relation is based on respect, not romance, and Fairfax vowed not to attempt another rowboat journey. Cook recalled fears after BBC reports of their presumed deaths and noted she would not join Fairfax on a future all female circumnavigation.
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Sydney
UPI
John Fairfax
Sylvia Cook
Fairfax
Gina Lollobrigida
Miss Cook
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Council Chamber
Top Tunes
Kent St
Michele Means
Punxsutawney
Michele
N. Viet
Methodists
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Cleveland
Basil Russo
of the
A. A
Columbus
American Osteopathic Association
American Medical Association
Marion E. Coy
Jackson, Tenn
Osteopath
AOA
Mrs. McCabe
London
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
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